tucked in...

the yarn balls are safely tucked in for the night,

my folks are safely tucked in for the night,

little olive and used dog are safely tucked in for the night,

and the chickens are safely tucked in for the night.

and me?

well i too, will be safely tucked in for the night,

but not before i look upon my yarn as it sleeps,

twinkling in the night thanks to my friend lola, who quite simply is the bestest of the best. for she sent mossy shed a little care package this week containing some fairy lights, along with other such lovelies as homemade jam.

for one wicked moment, i thought i might try to pass the jam off as my own when my folks arrived but two things stopped me...

first it really is very wrong to lie, especially where one's folks are concerned,

and secondly, they wouldn't have believed me anyway...

so tonight the shed is feeling most gleeful, for surely it's near on impossible to achieve a level of suitable gleeness without fairy lights and homemade jam.

obviously lola is quite wise...

i took some of lola's wisdom and wisely strung my new secondhand lights over kathleen's cupboard, safely away from little olive and her pesky 'moments'.

their little twinkling ways nicely illuminate my 'i love you more than life itself' yarn stash which so far has been untouched by moi and Mr Hook.

but dearest readers, we all know it's just a matter of time before i cave in, running for a yarn ball to save me... for when tomorrow comes so does the end of school for two whole weeks and a little bit.

she will see you on monday for a 'gleeful adieu' before the stockings are hung ~ Tif